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** JUNE 15, 2021
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Dear Colleagues,
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We are thrilled to share Mackenzie Scott ([link removed]) selected your Women’s Funding Network as a recipient of a one-time, unrestricted, gift.

It is an honor to be among inspirational and impactful groups including member organization Fondo Semillas. ([link removed]) It is also a testament to your incredible leadership during one of the most challenging times in history. It is your courage, insights, and dedication to our shared feminist principles and vision for the world that makes our network so special.

With her generous gift, Ms. Scott exemplifies best practices in the philanthropic community in the fight for gender equity. We are inspired to see her bring a national spotlight to the work and values that unite our global community of more than 120 women’s funds, foundations, allies, and individuals. Her contribution is especially meaningful in light of the fact that just 1.6% of all charitable giving worldwide is dedicated to women and girls – a number that has remained stagnant for more than a decade. Ms. Scott’s generosity is quite literally changing the game for women and girls across the globe.

Whether the focus is economic security, affordable childcare, or our collective COVID-19 response and efforts to rebuild, these vital resources will allow us to support you even better. At the same time, we will speed the effort for narrative and culture change, knowing the fight for gender equity is inextricable from the fight to end oppression based on race, income, ability, and other essential elements of the human experience.

Like the gifts—both large and small—that gave birth to the original women’s funds, Ms. Scott’s is an investment in recognizing that those who are most harmed by injustice must be at the center of righting it. By placing her trust in our stewardship, Ms. Scott also demonstrates how philanthropy is transforming to meet the urgency of now: with individual investments whose North Star is nimbleness, cross-sector collaboration, and systemic change.

As a result, the road to a more equitable future grows shorter: not only through her good example, but through all those inspired to join it.

In solidarity,
Elizabeth

Elizabeth Barajas-Román
Women’s Funding Network
President & CEO


** WFN MEMBER NEWS
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In an op-ed in Philanthropy Women ([link removed]) , “New Paradigm: Shifting Power as We Rebuild America with a Gender Lens,” written by Ms. Foundation for Women President and CEO Teresa C. Younger and President and Founder of Criterion Institute, Joy Anderson, they discuss the opportunity and need to include and advance the gender justice movement as part of the nation’s pandemic recovery.

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The Washington Area Women's Foundation is hosting a special #AskHer webinar ([link removed]) , featuring Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat, outgoing President and CEO of Washington Area Women's Foundation and our new Interim President and CEO, Jackie Lendsey. This exclusive conversation will highlight Jennifer's extraordinary leadership of The Women’s Foundation over the last seven years, and welcome Jackie and her vision to the team.

June 22, 2021 / 12:00pm EST / Register here ([link removed]) .
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Join The Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee for their community book read series, Community Talk Back ([link removed]) . This session will be focused on An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo.


** OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES
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The Women's Funding Network is proud to join Groundswell Fund in signing an open letter to philanthropy from people of color-led, movement-accountable public foundation.

Show your support by signing here ([link removed]) .

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Join Haymarket Books for a discussion ([link removed]) with Asian American abolitionist organizers on how white supremacy and criminalization shape the experiences of gendered racial violence for Asian people.

Beyond #StopAsianHate: Criminalization, Gender, & Asian Abolition Feminism ([link removed])
June 16, 2021 / 3:00-5:00pm PDT
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In advance of Juneteenth, The 19th is gathering leaders of the movement for a critical conversation on the future of Black Lives Matter, featuring The 19th's editor-at-large Errin Haines, civil rights activist Alicia Garza, and Rep. Karen Bass.

The Future of Black Lives Matter ([link removed])
June 17, 2021
12:00PM CT / 1:00PM ET


** WEEKLY READ
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** What We're Reading

'Women really are our core': Jennifer Klein on easing the caregiving crisis ([link removed])

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Lack of party support and money, plus racism and sexisum, mean Black women often lose statewide elections. - USA Today ([link removed])
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The English Football Association has nominated Debbie Hewitt to become its first ever female leader. - ABC News ([link removed])

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Deadly attacks on Black trans women are going up. This grieving mom is fighting back. - CNN ([link removed])
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A new report from The American Association of University Women finds that black women owe 22% more in student debt than white women. - CNBC ([link removed])

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Here ([link removed]) are five ways employers can support women's mental health.
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Michelle Wie West wants to open golf's doors to more girls of color. - USA Today ([link removed])

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WATCH: Rep. Jennifer O'Mara shared her own emotional pregnancy story in response to a bill that she says would force grieving parents to "relieve trauma."

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